# NTSB Accident CHI03LA098
> **Schweizer 269C** · 2003-04-07 · Wichita, KS, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI03LA098
- **Event ID:** 20030410X00479
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-04-07
- **Location:** Wichita, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.647499, -97.384445
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schweizer
- **Model:** 269C
- **Registration:** N8968F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The premature lowering of the collective and the improper use of the cyclic during the run-on landing performed by the flight instructor, as well as the main rotor/tail boom contact.  Contributing factors were the intentional run-on landing, the grass landing surface and the severed tail boom.

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